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fema was here. they were all working with the local authorities and were able to do it pretty smoothly. they've stopped search and rescue efforts for tonight and say they've gotten all of the elderly and handicapped people out of the area. they will do it if there are emergency situations. they're not entirely sure how many are left in the houses. we did speak with some who said they were going to stay regardless, they didn't feel like it was much of a threat. the high tide, though comes in at midnight tonight and they are concerned about getting another four feet of water. right now it's receding a lot since we've been here for the past few hours the entire day mostly. we can show you what it looks like here and this is certainly what it looks like. you can hear the sounds of the activity here and the generators and sirens every once in a while but wove a hard time conveying is what it smells like. there's a lot of gasoline, a lot of sewage. you don't want to imagine, rachel. what's in all this wat
fema was here. they were all working with the local authorities and were able to do it pretty smoothly. they've stopped search and rescue efforts for tonight and say they've gotten all of the elderly and handicapped people out of the area. they will do it if there are emergency situations. they're not entirely sure how many are left in the houses. we did speak with some who said they were going to stay regardless, they didn't feel like it was much of a threat. the high tide, though comes in at...
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i have total respect for the job that fema is doing. i want to thank them very much as well as the army corps of engineers. as you all know, one of the major problems still is the water in the tunnels, the water has receded, so when you drive around, it looks like most of the water is gone, but the water filled the subway tunnels in many places, fill the brooklyn battery tunnel, and when the water fills the tunnels, that means con-edison has issues. much of con-ed's equipment was in the tunnels, so getting the water out of the tunnels probably the main -- one of the main orders of business right now. first a transportation update. as you know, the new york city buses are at full service today. thank you, mr. joe and your extraordinary team. there will be limited commuter rail service on metro north and on the long island railroad which will begin 2:00 p.m. today. okay? limited commuter rail service on metro north and limited new york city subway service subpoena meanted by a business bridge which bill will give you more will begin tomor
i have total respect for the job that fema is doing. i want to thank them very much as well as the army corps of engineers. as you all know, one of the major problems still is the water in the tunnels, the water has receded, so when you drive around, it looks like most of the water is gone, but the water filled the subway tunnels in many places, fill the brooklyn battery tunnel, and when the water fills the tunnels, that means con-edison has issues. much of con-ed's equipment was in the...
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we have seen fema officials here trying to survey the damage as well. and residents said they came back and found dead fish on their driveway. so this is going to take a long time for this community to pick up the pieces. anderson? >> good to hear that fema officials were there on site. sandra endo, thanks. we're getting news of evuations in bellevue hospital in new york. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. what have you learned? >> reporter: we have been talking about this for a little bit of time, getting more details about the little bit of time getting more details that bellevue is going through a more complete evacuation. some 700 patients who are being evacuated they say over the next couple of days. what i should point out is we're learning some of the critically ill patients were evacuated earlier, anderson. part of a protocol that they had. but the generators that they thought could be -- should be able to do the task, what they're finding over the last day they've been actually carrying oil up 12 flights of stairs to try and keep that generator g
we have seen fema officials here trying to survey the damage as well. and residents said they came back and found dead fish on their driveway. so this is going to take a long time for this community to pick up the pieces. anderson? >> good to hear that fema officials were there on site. sandra endo, thanks. we're getting news of evuations in bellevue hospital in new york. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. what have you learned? >> reporter: we have been talking about this for a...
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secondly, the federal government through fema and the fema funds. third, state funds and state programs that are available. we had a conversation with the president last night. once again, he was asking how he could help, how the federal government could help and what came out of that conversation is we will be the blowing 30 joint teams in the region. between the state and the federal government through fema. these teams will have an expert in each area. an expert with private insurance, and expert with fema, and an expert with the state who knows the state housing programs these joint teams will be deployed in the 30 key areas in the region and fema will be providing the 30 personnel for those teams. we think the president for that. it is another step in a full agenda of federal assistance to our region. we thank them for that. those 30 teams will start to be assembled next week. they will be dispatched to the affected communities speaker governor andrew cuomo of new york. a couple things he pointed out. 90% of the island, which is really such a h
secondly, the federal government through fema and the fema funds. third, state funds and state programs that are available. we had a conversation with the president last night. once again, he was asking how he could help, how the federal government could help and what came out of that conversation is we will be the blowing 30 joint teams in the region. between the state and the federal government through fema. these teams will have an expert in each area. an expert with private insurance, and...
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president obama earlier today with his fema director went to podium and gave a nice speech. be careful, people lives are number one, the most important. there is a question toward the end of the speech, what will the impact be on the election, sir? president obama said i'm not worried about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families. the election will take care of itself next week. right now the number one priority is make sure we're saving lives. my question is: where was president obama a month-and-a-half ago when four of our americans were locked down, pinned down, about to be assassinated? he was in las vegas campaigning, picking up chec checks. be fair, maybe he learned something from a month-and-a-half ago. >> bob: a couple of things going on. one, early voting has been canceled in both ohio and maryland and virginia. three states. now that is going to have some impact. not good for obama. romney what to cancel appearances in ohio, which were important to him. he did go to iowa, which indicates how close iowa really is. we'll talk about that a
president obama earlier today with his fema director went to podium and gave a nice speech. be careful, people lives are number one, the most important. there is a question toward the end of the speech, what will the impact be on the election, sir? president obama said i'm not worried about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families. the election will take care of itself next week. right now the number one priority is make sure we're saving lives. my question is: where...
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>> governor, what should fema's role be? governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> thank you. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> governor romney -- >> governor romney, do you think it should be sent back to the states? >> why won't you answer any questions about it? >> i don't know if it was 14, we actually counted up as you saw there t was 11 times. at least in that one instance that mr. romney was asked. here's another instance of it. how would getting rid of federal disaster response help this country in a situation like we're in right now? how seriously has mr. romney thought this through? did he mean that debate response? is that what we can expect from him as president? and can we expect an answer before we are expected to vote? so, i'm happy. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy.
>> governor, what should fema's role be? governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> thank you. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> governor romney -- >> governor romney, do you think it should be sent back to the states? >> why won't you answer any questions about it? >> i don't know if it was 14, we actually counted up as you saw there t was 11 times. at least in that one instance that mr. romney was asked. here's another...
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>> governor, what should fema's role be? governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> thank you. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> governor romney -- >> governor romney, do you think it should be sent back to the states? >> why won't you answer any questions about it? >> i don't know if it was 14, we actually counted up as you saw there it was 11 times. at least in that one instance that mr. romney was asked. here's another instance of it. how would getting rid of federal disaster response help this country in a situation like we're in right now? how seriously has mr. romney thought this through? did he mean that debate response? is that what we can expect from him as president? and can we expect an answer before we are expected to vote? >>> hey, everyone out there wanting to help, we have something for you. in this case you includes former massachusetts governor mitt romney. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply
>> governor, what should fema's role be? governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> thank you. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> governor romney -- >> governor romney, do you think it should be sent back to the states? >> why won't you answer any questions about it? >> i don't know if it was 14, we actually counted up as you saw there it was 11 times. at least in that one instance that mr. romney was asked. here's...
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fema comes in to support. unfortunately i think expectations of what fema does put them at an unfair advantage. they say, fema is here, we're safe. we're going to be able to deal with this. then they come give you an 8 hundred number. they want to do the most they can but community relations people can't too much for you other than answer questions and give you an 800 number. >> it's amazing. i get that. there are a lot of people who can't get out or their homes hod these volunteers, these citizen volunteers, whatever the failing of the government agencies, fema or the rest, these are people who are really doing the lord's work and knocking on the door, grandma, are you okay? grandma, are you hungry? i've seep it with my own eyes. >> it's unbelievable. that's why the local official comes in. a local councilman organized volunteers. i was in several different areas organizing small groups, going door-to-door, making sure people have food. if they need medical attention, their medication, whatever they need, we
fema comes in to support. unfortunately i think expectations of what fema does put them at an unfair advantage. they say, fema is here, we're safe. we're going to be able to deal with this. then they come give you an 8 hundred number. they want to do the most they can but community relations people can't too much for you other than answer questions and give you an 800 number. >> it's amazing. i get that. there are a lot of people who can't get out or their homes hod these volunteers,...
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. >> fema here right now. >> and walking in a neighborhood among the hardest hit. among the surprises, a president not known for displaying affection showed it this day. >> we will get you together. i promise you. promise. you are going to be okay. >> and governor christie, one of mitt romney's top campaign attack dogs. >> give you a plane ticket back to chicago you have earned. >> reporter: went out of his way to talk about his leadership credentials. >> he has sprung in to action immediately to help us getting those things in the car ride together. this is our sixth conversation this weekend and it has been a great working relationship. >> the storm's political map, on the plus side for the president, acting as emergency responder in chief. >> i've instituted a 15-men rule essentially on my team. you return everybody's phone calls in 15 minutes whether it the mayor's, governors, county officials. if they need something we figure out a way to say yes. >> reporter: demonstrating a well-funded federal government can help. >> part of the reason we will be able to res
. >> fema here right now. >> and walking in a neighborhood among the hardest hit. among the surprises, a president not known for displaying affection showed it this day. >> we will get you together. i promise you. promise. you are going to be okay. >> and governor christie, one of mitt romney's top campaign attack dogs. >> give you a plane ticket back to chicago you have earned. >> reporter: went out of his way to talk about his leadership credentials....
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michael brown, the head of fema in 2005, his name is brownie, right? his background is being in the arabian horses networking on something. but president obama's fema director has a very long track record in disaster management and disaster preparedness and has been very much tested during the past four years, has responded very well over and over again. but the other thing that we haven't talked much about is how many private/public partnerships the president has put in place and the willingness to work across partisan lines, which we saw with chris christie and the president. i think in many ways it's been a model of how the federal government is dealing with the disaster. >> now we're getting these stories out of staten island, also in lower manhattan have been affected by this. but there is a perception, certainly from those people that don't feel like they're getting the help that they need quickly enough. >> oh, of course. and look, your point about it being working class, it was stunning to hear governor romney there talking about drilling and t
michael brown, the head of fema in 2005, his name is brownie, right? his background is being in the arabian horses networking on something. but president obama's fema director has a very long track record in disaster management and disaster preparedness and has been very much tested during the past four years, has responded very well over and over again. but the other thing that we haven't talked much about is how many private/public partnerships the president has put in place and the...
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, has already deployed teams and pre-staged resources to potentially affected states and fema is in close contact with states up and down the east coast, to make sure there are no unmet needs. one concern for both campaigns is that the storm could hinder early voting in ohio, north carolina and virginia. one democratic senator said this about the impact on the president's campaign. >> the storm will throw havoc into the race. i was supposed to be with the president special president clinton on monday. that rally has been cancelled. but i think that virginia is ready to go to the polls and i think the president will carry virginia. >> reporter: due to the upcoming storm, governor romney cancelled evens in virginia. instead, he will link up with his vice-presidential runningmate in ohio and the two of them will campaign in that key state. one romney supporter, former house speaker newt gingrich had sharp words for the president over his campaigning scheduling choices over the consulate in libbia, compared to today. >> you notice, he is canceling his treps over the hurricane. he didn't cance
, has already deployed teams and pre-staged resources to potentially affected states and fema is in close contact with states up and down the east coast, to make sure there are no unmet needs. one concern for both campaigns is that the storm could hinder early voting in ohio, north carolina and virginia. one democratic senator said this about the impact on the president's campaign. >> the storm will throw havoc into the race. i was supposed to be with the president special president...
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fema f yougate said people can' necessarily make contact with fema and to deal with temporary housing but that's the other thing apparently he's among the messages fema going to bring is that they're ready for that next step of trying to find people temporary housing if they need it. >> quickly here, this juggling act the president is performing right now, necessary one. we see and hear today in new jersey focus on the people and goes back to the campaign trail tomorrow. >> big blitz tomorrow and mitt romney hit the trail today but tomorrow he starts what appears to be hit just about every battleground state in a 72-hour period. today, last day of storm recovery and tomorrow is the now i guess we're at a -- spring until the end but everybody fully on the campaign trail starting tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you very much. let's bring in ron allen in new jersey. ron, we have pointed out that a lot of frustration right now, you have chuck schumer saying specialists are brought in to manhattan, for example, to deal with the pumping issue. but also, congressman israel from new jersey concerne
fema f yougate said people can' necessarily make contact with fema and to deal with temporary housing but that's the other thing apparently he's among the messages fema going to bring is that they're ready for that next step of trying to find people temporary housing if they need it. >> quickly here, this juggling act the president is performing right now, necessary one. we see and hear today in new jersey focus on the people and goes back to the campaign trail tomorrow. >> big...
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to the rescue, but fema needs more money to rescue. the democratic congressman from the fine state of pennsylvania, give them another what, 12 billion bucks, right? >> well, 12 billion is the bill. it's about 6.7 billion for fema and another 5 billion to help state and local governments. your governor there in new york says it's 50 billion dollar problem in terms of cost to new york, new jersey, you've got to do something with rebuilding that coastline and all of the damage. in philadelphia, connecticut, the damage and cost to local government. so, i would put forward a bill, there will be a bill to provide emergency funding because the storm, as there always is, and the question about, you know, when we move and how we move it. i think we should move forward aggressively now because you know, i heard on fox business that it's 25 billion in retail sale losses, i mean, we -- there's going to be a real economic consequence here and we need to respond. >> neil: you know, maybe i'm maybe the only one in the country that doesn't share your
to the rescue, but fema needs more money to rescue. the democratic congressman from the fine state of pennsylvania, give them another what, 12 billion bucks, right? >> well, 12 billion is the bill. it's about 6.7 billion for fema and another 5 billion to help state and local governments. your governor there in new york says it's 50 billion dollar problem in terms of cost to new york, new jersey, you've got to do something with rebuilding that coastline and all of the damage. in...
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and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so much for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it. we're going live to new york city. governor cuomo is having a news conference. this is in albany, rather. let's listen. >> one of the agencies that assists fema in doing the federal response to disasters, new york state is very well-prepared. our assets and our capabilities only come in after the state has exceeded their capabilities, which at this time, again, the state looks very well-prepared to do what needs to be done to ride out the effects of this event. so a couple of things that we'd like to emphasize, as we've talked about the surge a little bit in lower manhattan, that's one of the scenarios we think could be problematic. right now, we see the storm at hurricane irene levels. all of you that are familiar with the hurricane irene effects from last year, this event -- we're already at those levels at this point. if you've driven along in the city in manha
and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so much for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it. we're going live to new york city. governor cuomo is having a news conference. this is in albany, rather. let's listen. >> one of the agencies that assists fema in doing the federal response to disasters, new york state is very well-prepared. our assets and our capabilities only come in after the...
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>> fema's going to be tough. fema currently has a huge debt from katrina still trying to pay off. it's a fairly run program. it is really going to depend on lo lawmakers to step in and fund it, i suppose. it's not a private industry mandate and we'll see what happens. >> on that point though, and with all due respect to obviously people who live in flood zones, but at what point do we say we should not be rebuilding anymore in areas that are prone to floods, especially if we're getting so many more natural disasters of this kind more an more these days? >> that's something that congress is grappling with right now, is how do you continue to provide coverage for either somebody that is in a flood prone area or somebody who's already had one or two losses. when you look at percentage of losses that the flood program pays out, very high percentage of those losses are to people who have already had a previous loss. right now in congress as they work on the flood program to make it even better, they are addressing those issues. >> let's get back to like getting this done, getting paid
>> fema's going to be tough. fema currently has a huge debt from katrina still trying to pay off. it's a fairly run program. it is really going to depend on lo lawmakers to step in and fund it, i suppose. it's not a private industry mandate and we'll see what happens. >> on that point though, and with all due respect to obviously people who live in flood zones, but at what point do we say we should not be rebuilding anymore in areas that are prone to floods, especially if we're...
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fema administrator fugate, they're doing their job. when it comes directly from the president, that's a serious -- that's a serious directive. >> jennifer: so in cities and in states, there are emergency operation centers that coordinate. for those watching the program who are not familiar with how that coordination goes, can you give me a brief description of how that goes in philadelphia? >> yeah. in philadelphia, we have an emergency operation center. we have a director. her name is samantha phillips. she's basically in charge of and coordinates a whole operation across the entire government and with the number of other agencies. we all take direction at that point. those forces, combined with our state agencies and fema at the federal level you get a complete synergy among all of those entities and we fight the storms whether it is a hurricane, whether it's a heavy snowstorm or any other event. we fight them with everything that we have and again we were fortunate in philadelphia. i know some other locales had their challenges. but
fema administrator fugate, they're doing their job. when it comes directly from the president, that's a serious -- that's a serious directive. >> jennifer: so in cities and in states, there are emergency operation centers that coordinate. for those watching the program who are not familiar with how that coordination goes, can you give me a brief description of how that goes in philadelphia? >> yeah. in philadelphia, we have an emergency operation center. we have a director. her name...
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if you call 800-621-fema, 800-621-fema, or disaster assistance.gov if you got access to the internet, you can go to disasterassistance.gov, that allows you to register right now so that you can immediately start receiving help. we want to make sure you get everything that you need. a couple of final points, obviously our biggest priority right now is getting power turned back on. we are very pleased that newark got power yesterday, jersey city is getting power we believe today. but there are still big chunks of the community, including this community right here, that couldn't have -- don't have power, it's hard enough cleaning up debris and dealing with boats that have been upended and roads that are blocked when people don't have power, obviously they are disabled in all sorts of ways, and it's hard to get back to normal. yesterday i had a chance to speak to the c.e.o.'s of the utilities from all across the country, and a lot of the states that were spared, that were not hard hit or some states as far away as california, they have pledged to start getting equipment crews, etc., here
if you call 800-621-fema, 800-621-fema, or disaster assistance.gov if you got access to the internet, you can go to disasterassistance.gov, that allows you to register right now so that you can immediately start receiving help. we want to make sure you get everything that you need. a couple of final points, obviously our biggest priority right now is getting power turned back on. we are very pleased that newark got power yesterday, jersey city is getting power we believe today. but there are...
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this is the process for people call 1800 fema, 18621 fema. we get the information, get them assistance. this approved funds are just approved. those are being distributed and that's how much housing assistance has dirty been provided. we are going to focus on housing assistance. a lot of people may have other losses and we'll get to that. given the rental markets and availability of hotels and motels, particularly its power comes in certain areas. we don't see the need for any type of trailers. we think we can provide assistance or traditional rental systems come and work very closely with secretary donovan in many communities particularly in lower manhattan. there were quite a few properties and manage properties of the local housing authority's impacted. so hud is working hard to assess those and determine how many of those will have damages to be repaired and what additional assistance may be needed for enron housing while facilities are repaired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> hi, i've got two questions. >> one question, please. >> okay.
this is the process for people call 1800 fema, 18621 fema. we get the information, get them assistance. this approved funds are just approved. those are being distributed and that's how much housing assistance has dirty been provided. we are going to focus on housing assistance. a lot of people may have other losses and we'll get to that. given the rental markets and availability of hotels and motels, particularly its power comes in certain areas. we don't see the need for any type of trailers....
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>> i need fema to be. there i got a call from fema headquarters that they'll have a squad there tomorrow attached to me. >> so they'll be there tomorrow. >> absolutely, he said. and then we'll go toward staten island. people need someone to speak to. how do i get help? from whom do i get help? how do my children go to school? they have no clothes, this he have no home. these are questions that should be answered by government. to do for people what people can't do for themselves. there are no answers. >> we want to touch base with your mom and if that team doesn't show up, will you let us know? >> absolutely. i want to thank you to give us the publicity that we need. thank you very, very much. god bless you. god bless you. >> thank you very much. let us know what you think. follow us on twitter @anderson cooper. i'll be tweeting downtown where i live and lower manhattan where a lot of people live. there is still no internet service, no electricity. just ahead, the new york subway. the part that got submerg
>> i need fema to be. there i got a call from fema headquarters that they'll have a squad there tomorrow attached to me. >> so they'll be there tomorrow. >> absolutely, he said. and then we'll go toward staten island. people need someone to speak to. how do i get help? from whom do i get help? how do my children go to school? they have no clothes, this he have no home. these are questions that should be answered by government. to do for people what people can't do for...
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, if fema should disappear. governor romney didn't answer their questions. why do you suppose that was? >> because he knows that that is a potential pitfall for his candidacy, very much like his comments on the auto bailout in detroit. it's a no-win swigs for him. that might prove a critical difference come election day. >> thomas whalen, thank you for sharing your insights. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> atlantic city was one of the hardest areas hit. we'll talk to the city's mayor live next. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartbu
, if fema should disappear. governor romney didn't answer their questions. why do you suppose that was? >> because he knows that that is a potential pitfall for his candidacy, very much like his comments on the auto bailout in detroit. it's a no-win swigs for him. that might prove a critical difference come election day. >> thomas whalen, thank you for sharing your insights. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> atlantic city was one of the hardest areas hit. we'll...
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fema is the operation that runs the federal flood insurance program. a lot of people down along the jersey shore and long island as well, they have insurance for flooding through federal government. there could be tens of billions of dollars worth of damage and tens of billions of dollars worth of claims. but did you realize this? right now in the kitty of that particular flood program, they've got $3.8 billion. a lot of it is in loans and they still owe $18 billion from katrina. >> peter: what will be necessary, unfortunately it appears, is that there needs to be congressional authorization, that the president would have to go back to the congress and get additional money to fund the program going forward. we know that with regard to katrina, it cost about $3.8 billion. irene, $1.8 billion. we don't understand what this is going to be costing. maybe as great as katrina at this point. >> steve: absolutely. >> gretchen: there is an argument about federal versus state. some said the states should be in charge of some of this relief money so you don't hav
fema is the operation that runs the federal flood insurance program. a lot of people down along the jersey shore and long island as well, they have insurance for flooding through federal government. there could be tens of billions of dollars worth of damage and tens of billions of dollars worth of claims. but did you realize this? right now in the kitty of that particular flood program, they've got $3.8 billion. a lot of it is in loans and they still owe $18 billion from katrina. >>...
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fema. what is the role of fema? do you pay for fema? fema is expensive. the cost has gone up. we'll talk about that a little bit and we'll talk as well about the election. six days away. what happens to that. ahead this morning. also ahead this morning going to talk a little bit more about the devastation left behind by the storms. take a look at this. airport turns into a lake basically. this is laguardia. laguardia airport. my husband was asking, trying to fly back, he said so when do you think i'm going to be able to fly back into laguardia? i said let me send you a picture from twitter. that will answer it. all that and much more ahead. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> welcome back to "starting point," everyone. gasoline at a real premium in new jersey this morning after the superstorm sandy strike. the asbury park press is printing the names of local gas s
fema. what is the role of fema? do you pay for fema? fema is expensive. the cost has gone up. we'll talk about that a little bit and we'll talk as well about the election. six days away. what happens to that. ahead this morning. also ahead this morning going to talk a little bit more about the devastation left behind by the storms. take a look at this. airport turns into a lake basically. this is laguardia. laguardia airport. my husband was asking, trying to fly back, he said so when do you...
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so far i think fema has done well. the real issue with that -- within the future, though -- this is not just a one-day, two-day, one-week response. fema will have to be on the job for a long time. the question is whether it has the resources and the ability necessary to make sure it's doing its job. >> brian, if there's one take-away from this article, from this feature, what would it be? what's important to learn from this superstorm? >> i think we need to deal with climate change. that's incredibly important. it did play a role in this disaster. certainly a major storm. you need to do that. >> all right. >> also how can we build a city that's more resilient so we don't have to worry about this in the future. >> all right. brian, thank you very much. appreciate it. if you want to continue to watch cnn from your smartphone or computer, log to cnn.com. cnn newsroom continues right after this. to help those in nee. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his
so far i think fema has done well. the real issue with that -- within the future, though -- this is not just a one-day, two-day, one-week response. fema will have to be on the job for a long time. the question is whether it has the resources and the ability necessary to make sure it's doing its job. >> brian, if there's one take-away from this article, from this feature, what would it be? what's important to learn from this superstorm? >> i think we need to deal with climate change....
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how is fema responding? >> i visited with fema yet at the federal staging area. i will say initially i was somewhat concerned because there were some forest service assets on the ground. they obviously were involved in a search and rescue mission. that's critically important. as the search and rescue mission begins to wind down, i had emphasized the need for the forest service to get on the streets. you cannot drive anywhere on long island or virtually anywhere on long island without having to detour because there is a tree blocking the way and a tree that has brought power lines down with it. so i'd asked fema to ratchet up their response to help with the removal of downed trees. about an hour later, i must say, i received word from fema that they had asked the national forest service to not only deploy assets but deploy additional assets. there are about 40 forest service personnel on long island when i had asked. they put an additional 40 yesterday. i'm told that there's an additional 40 on the way right now. >> congressman steve israel, sir, thanks for taking
how is fema responding? >> i visited with fema yet at the federal staging area. i will say initially i was somewhat concerned because there were some forest service assets on the ground. they obviously were involved in a search and rescue mission. that's critically important. as the search and rescue mission begins to wind down, i had emphasized the need for the forest service to get on the streets. you cannot drive anywhere on long island or virtually anywhere on long island without...
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governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> what would you do with fema? what is your response? >> hearing all the questions, no answers from mitt romney today on where he stands on the federal government providing disaster relief through fema. so, let's go to washington, dana bash, who joins me to talk about this here. do me a favor, remind us why this has become such an issue for mitt romney. >> well, brooke, this stems from a cnn debate during the republican primaries and it was in june of 2011, where romney was asked about federal relief. at the time it was about joplin, missouri, just after that was hit in the devastating way by a tornado. romney said he wanted to give the states and even the private sector more power. but he did not propose eliminating fema. listen to what happened. >> fema is about to run out of money and there is some people who say do it on a case by case basis. some people say maybe we're learning a lesson that the states should take on more of this role. >> anytime you have an occasion to take something from the federal governme
governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> what would you do with fema? what is your response? >> hearing all the questions, no answers from mitt romney today on where he stands on the federal government providing disaster relief through fema. so, let's go to washington, dana bash, who joins me to talk about this here. do me a favor, remind us why this has become such an issue for mitt romney. >> well, brooke, this stems from a cnn debate during the...
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. >> so fema, was it fema money. >> it was fema money. i said to my. >> did you cash the check? >> yeah. >> do you feel bad about that. >> sure. i won't do it again. >> should do you 250 back to the government? >> i give more than that to charity. i'm not going to give it to the government it will waste it. >> that's true. that's my beef, too. so, you say that if you are in any kind of, like malibu, california, maybe you are up on the hill but that's a fire zone. so, if you are in any kind of zone, that may be risky, the government should say hey, you are on your own and if you can find an insurer who is going to do that for exorbitant price if you can't that's tough. >> exactly. private insurer are experts in figuring out what's a risk. that's information that the government obliterates by saying we don't want anyone to lose. we will cover you. >> bill: they cover you at a high rate. they are not giving you bonus on this. if you have to buy insurance beachfront government. >> you are not paying the real cost. otherwise, the flood insurance plan wouldn't be billions in the red.
. >> so fema, was it fema money. >> it was fema money. i said to my. >> did you cash the check? >> yeah. >> do you feel bad about that. >> sure. i won't do it again. >> should do you 250 back to the government? >> i give more than that to charity. i'm not going to give it to the government it will waste it. >> that's true. that's my beef, too. so, you say that if you are in any kind of, like malibu, california, maybe you are up on the hill...
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as for the federal government's response, we just had a conference call with fema. they have about $3.6 billion left in their disaster contingency fund. that's as of october 26th. they're also saying that president obama when he made that major disaster declaration for new jersey and for new york, he did that verbally. what that meant was they were able to cut through a lot of the red tape and move this process along and get the response going even before the disaster happened. they're also saying that fema is dispatching housing inspectors to go out and take a look at the claims. they want to avoid any kind of massive fraud problems. they say they've been able to bring that down over the past couple years. they'd like to continue to do that. they're going to have boots on the ground verifying some of these housing disaster claims in person. so a lot of response here from the federal government across the board. so far, the folks at fema telling us they think they have enough money to do the job. >> all right. thanks so much, eamon javers. >> and from government los
as for the federal government's response, we just had a conference call with fema. they have about $3.6 billion left in their disaster contingency fund. that's as of october 26th. they're also saying that president obama when he made that major disaster declaration for new jersey and for new york, he did that verbally. what that meant was they were able to cut through a lot of the red tape and move this process along and get the response going even before the disaster happened. they're also...
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you know, we're starting to do the assessments for fema now in the various towns. i mean obviously they're concerned about health and safety first but starting to put together the assessments and getting their engineers and their officials to start, you know, taking photographs and that type of thing so that they can submit damage assessments to fema. but i mean i have to say, everything i've seen so far, both at the federal, state, local level has been very good in terms of emergency management. >> well, thank you so much, congressman frank pallone from new jersey for taking time to talk to us. our best to you and your constituents and everyone in new jersey. >> you too. thank you and keep safe. >> hurricane sandy has blown up all talk of campaign plans for this final week before the elections creating challenges for both sides. joining me for our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com and mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc. first of all, the president has been on a conference call with govern
you know, we're starting to do the assessments for fema now in the various towns. i mean obviously they're concerned about health and safety first but starting to put together the assessments and getting their engineers and their officials to start, you know, taking photographs and that type of thing so that they can submit damage assessments to fema. but i mean i have to say, everything i've seen so far, both at the federal, state, local level has been very good in terms of emergency...
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when he was asked about fema, mr. romney said absolutely every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the state, that's the right direction. you can go further and send it back to the private sector. that's better. he talks about taking fema and divesting it into the states. yet, this week, i think that statement is many could go back to haunt him. is this more than anything a teachable moment for mitt romney? >> storms bring the best and the worst out in america. they both seem to show up during a natural disaster. a natural disaster is one that crosses a couple of states. i lived through hurricane hugo in 1989 and watched the politics of a hurricane. we were out of power. my business was down. for politicians, they have to be very careful. it can make or break a political career. this is where the american public expect the government to step up, not just for a couple of days or a couple of sound bites. right now, it is going to be the sound bites that will get us
when he was asked about fema, mr. romney said absolutely every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the state, that's the right direction. you can go further and send it back to the private sector. that's better. he talks about taking fema and divesting it into the states. yet, this week, i think that statement is many could go back to haunt him. is this more than anything a teachable moment for mitt romney? >> storms bring the best...